PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds – the game that popularised the battle royale format

Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG)

Platforms: PC, Xbox One

The original battle royale game, PUBG is responsible for single-handedly dragging the genre into the mainstream, amassing a legion of fans in the process.

Starting off on PC, the game launched in early access on Xbox One in December, before which it added a second map and instant replay feature.

PUBG sees up to one hundred players, armed with various weapons, facing off in a large-scale deathmatch.

The title’s been bogged down by cheaters, more than a million of who have been banned, with its developer Bluehole launching more anti-cheat tools in January.

Feeling the squeeze from the genre’s new poster boy; Fortnite, its creator recently promised regular updates (every two months), a smaller map (also in the vein of its rival), and an 8×8 map coming later this year.